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WILLIAM o. POTTS, or ARDMoRE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF TO sAMUEL R. HAWS, OF sAME PLAoE.

FASTENER FOR GLOVES, SHOES, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 513,727, dated January 30, 1894.

Application filed May 20, 1893. Serial No. 474,919. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM Q. Porrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ardmore, in the county of Montgomery, in the Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Fastener for Gloves, Shoes, and Kindred Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to clasps employedto secure together the meeting edges of the openings of gloves, shoes or kindred articles.

It is the object of my invention to provide a fastener which shall be made of metal throughout, so as to insure its durability, shall be neat in appearance, simple in construction, easily operated, capable of retaining itself very firmly in its closed position, and adjustable so as to be adapted for operation upon articles the meeting edges of which are not at a uniform distance apart.

In the drawings I show, and herein I describe, a preferred form of a good embodiment of my invention, the particular subject definitely specified.

In the drawings, Figure 1, is a top plan view of two adjacent sections of cloth, leather, or other material, upon which are mounted, in engagement with each other, the respective members constituting myimproved fastener.

parts of the fastenersupposed removed. Fig. 3 is a view, in side elevation,of the fastener, the parts being in position which they occupy when the hook has been engaged in the staple plate and the lever is being thrown in the direction of the arrow to draw the two members together. Fig. t is a detail view in perspective of the form of hook employed in the embodiment of my invention illustrated in the preceding figures.

In the drawings, A A designate two articles, or pieces of fabric, constituting the meeting edges of a shoe, glove, belt, or other de vice which it is desired to unite.

B is what I term the base plate, the same being a plate of sheet metal of suitable proportions, preferably provided with barbs b, which may be utilized to secure the base plate in position, by being forced through the fabric and bent down upon the under side,

in the manner shown. The base plate is provided with a lever guard, 19*, the same being a strip of metal extending upward a short distance above, and having its upper portion bent over so as to overhang, the base plate. The metal of the front extremity of'the base plate is rolled over as shown to form an eye I).

C is alever, the lower end of which is pivotally mounted in the eye I) referred to, so that said lever is adapted to be thrown forward or backward with respect to said eye, which constitutes its axis of movement.

D is a hook of about the same length as the lever, the rear extremity of which is pivotally connected to the lever at a point intermediate of the length of the latter, and the forward extremity of which is bent down and under to form a bill of of any preferred dimensions. The hook is preferably as to its rear portion formed with two arms d the extremities of which are provided with apertures (1 and which extremities exist respectively at opposite sides of the lever, being at the selected point seated upon small studs projecting outwardly from the said lever.

E is what I term the staple plate, being preferably secured, as shown, to the fabric A by means of prongs e integral with its body and extendingdownthroughthe fabric. The staple plate conveniently embodies a series of openings 6, three of such openings being shown in the form represented in the draw- The'lever C is shown as formedin two sections, the lower one of which is designated 0', and the upper or outer one 0 and these sections are pivotally connected so that the section 0 is adapted to be swung laterally upon its pivot with respect to the section 0'. The section 0 is provided upon the under face of its outward extremity with a stud and also embodies, in its edge which is adjacent to the lever guard, a small recess o Such being a description of my improved 5 fastener, its operation will be readily understood. To fasten the articles A A together, the lever is thrown outward or forward a sufficient distance to carry the hook into a position in which it may be engaged in the seme lected opening a of the series in the staple plate,-is thereupon thrown backward in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3, the efiect of which movement is,of course,to carry the hook rearwardly and draw the edges of the articles AA together. In the continued movement of the lever, the latter and the hook are brought to a horizontal position as shown in Fig. 1, in which they lie snugly against the faces of the articles. In the descent of the lever as described, the member 0 is slightly swung on its pivot outwardly away from, so as to clear, the lever guard, and, after the lever has reached its lowest position, said section 0 is swung inwardly beneath the lever guard, so that said guard thereafter serves to protect the lever against accidental elevation. Undue movenent of the section 0 from beneath the lever 15 prevented by the projection 0 which, when the lever is seated in its ultimate position beneath the lever guard, drops into a recess or notch b formedin the outer portion of the base plate.

As will be readily understood,the range of adjustment of the fastener may be extended by enlarging the staple plate and providing it with additional openings.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a fastener, in combination, a base plate adapted for attachment to a shoe, glove, or the like,alever composed of two parts pivotally connected together, and hingedly connected to said base plate, the outer portion of said lever being adapted for movement with respect to the inner, an overhanging lever guard projecting from the base plate and adapted to receive and guard the outer portion of the lever, and a hook carried by said lever, substantially as set forth.

2. In a fastener, in combination, a base plate adapted for attachment to a shoe, glove, or the like, a lever hingedly connected to said base plate, said lever being composed of two parts pivotally connected together so that the outer portion is free for lateral movement with respect to the inner, an overhanging lever guard projecting from the base plate and adapted to receive and guard the outer portion of thelever, a hook carried by said lever, and a staple plate, substantially as set forth.

As an article of manufacture, a fastener consisting of a base plate embodying a recess and provided with a lever guard, a lever havingits upper portion pivotally mounted upon its lower portion so as to be adapted to be forced under the lever guard, and provided with aprojection adapted to enter said recess, the hook, and the staple-plate, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have hereunto signed my name this 6th day of May, A. D. 1893.

WILLIAM Q. POTTS.

In presence of- F. NORMAN DIXON, JAMES LOUGHRAN. 

